Waterrstill



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E. L.- JAGKSONAv 1W. FITZGERALD.

' WATER STILL.

` No. 532,377. Patented Jan. 8, 1895.

//|i a EL v l 'i 'IIIllI EDWARD LYNAH JACKSON AND WILLIAM FITZGERALD, OF MEMPHIS,

TENNESSEE.

WATERSTILL. i

SPECIFICATION farming part ef Lettersratent No. 532,377,01ated January 8,1895.

Application nea my 26,1894.. sean No. 518,649. or@ moan.)

provements in Distilling Apparatus; and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved household still and boiler. It can also be used in the kitchen as a substitute for the ordinary hot water kettle, but its main purpose is to rapidly distill Water for drinking or other purposes.

The object of our invention' is to simplify this class of household stills and provide one that shall be exceedingly cheap and simple. in construction and at the same time highly efcient in operation.

With these objects in View our invention consists in the peculiarities of construction and novelties of combination all of which will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci- 1"1cation, Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved household still. sectional view of the same.

In constructing an apparatus in accordance with our invention' we employ a still or boiler A, which may be of any suitable size and Y shape, but it is preferably shaped to fit an or`- dinary stove top the same as a domestic boiler or steam kettle. This still is closed at the top, of course, and near the bottom is arranged a draw o cock a., and extending upwardly -from said cock is a glass water gage a by means of which the level of the water within the boiler or still can be seen. -The boiler is condenser comprises a water chamber C, and

Fig. 2 is a verticalcondensing chamber D, said condensing chamber being arranged entirely within the water' chamber and to one side ofthe same. A pipe E leads from the upper endof the still 'or boiler into the upper end of the condensing chamber, said pipe being located upon 'the outside, and is preferably surrounded with some non conducting material to keep it from acting as a condenser. vA safety valve Fis arranged near the upper end of the condensing chamber, and near the lower end of the same is placed a draw off cock G which has its inner end g turned downward so that the inner orifice rests below the water at the bottom of the condensing chamber and thus forms a sealso that no steam can pass out untilcondensed. By this construction the use of a coil is avoided. The faucet is formed with a hook g upon which a bucket or pail can be hung to receive the Water as fast as it is condensed, the cock being left open. A water supply pipe H leads from the top of the boiler into the water chamber, said pipe extending to Within a very few inches of the top of said Water chamber so that the' water Within the chamber can be thoroughly warmed before it is drawn down into the boiler, said pipe being provided with a cock h located between the boiler and condenser. *Y The water chamber is also provided with upper and lower faucets I and K through which Water can be introduced and drawn off as desired. The water chamber is always kept full of water so that the condensing chamber is continually submerged and in this way a more rapid and complete condensation takes place. In operation the boiler and water chambers are filled with Water and the device placed d ing chamber is always submerged. By Vmeans ICO of the water gage the level of the water within the boiler can also be ascertained and all dangerof` burning outthe bottom by allow ing the water to get too lowis avoided.

Faucet Gr havinga curved end enables us to connect a hose to the faucet or hang a bucket thereon and leave the cock open all the time, so that as fast as the water is condensed it is drawn from the apparatus thus keeping it much cooler than if the water was allowed to remain therein. This relieves the condensing chamber of all pressure and condensation takes place rapidly. Should'the cock be closed and the pressure become too great the safety valve will give an alarm and prevent an eX- plosion. The condensing chamber is also provided with a cleaning out hole should it become necessary to do so at any time.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- VIn a distilling apparatus, the combination of a cylindrical boilerA and a cylindrical condenser B,said condenserhaving awater chamber C, and a condensing chamber D, said chamber D being arranged at one side of the cylinder B, and of less height than the same whereby it can be totally submerged, said chamber D, being closed at the top, the cylinder B, being supported some distance above the boiler A, by means of legs b,a' pipe E, leading from the upper end of boiler into the upper end of condensing chamber D, a safety valve F, also located near the upper end, a discharge faucet G, having its end g, turned downward so the cock can be continually left open, and a watersupply pipe I-I, extending from the water chamber C, into the boiler A, and provided with a regulating cock h, between the boiler and condenser, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LYNAH JACKSON. WILLIAM lI'IZGfERAID.v

Witnesses:

W. T. ARRINGTON, A. M. MOCREIGHT. 

